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The Tyne Valley Classic Motorcycle Club was formed 15 years ago as the Northumberland section of the AJS + Matchless owners club, meeting at the Errington Arms on the Military Road.
Robin Watson put an ad in the local paper and the respondents, John Hunter, Ken + Billy Bates were the first members.
As time passed and the club grew there were fewer owners of these machines and more owners of a much wider variety of bikes from home and abroad.
Therefore an re-think in the year 2000 saw some of the AMC men move off to re-form their section and we were re-born under our current title.
Several moves over the years see us at The Robin Hood at East Wallhouses on the Military Rd.
Founder members of the original club, Robin Watson and Ken Bates are still with us - Robin is currently our chairman.
Our basic premise is simply that we are a club for those who have an interest in old motorbikes - ownership is not a requirement of membership.
If you like the idea of joining us - come and see us at one of our club nights or e-mail us for an application form from the link on the right of this page.
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American, Sylvester Howard Roper (1823-1896) invented a two-cylinder, steam-engine motorcycle (powered by coal) in 1867.
This can be considered the first motorcycle, if you allow your description of a motorcycle to include a steam engine.
German, Gottlieb Daimler invented the first gas-engined motorcycle in 1885, which was an engine attached to a wooden bike.
That marked the moment in history when the dual development of a viable gas-powered engine and the modern bicycle collided.
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